New Gear: Saucony Triumph ISO 2

New Long Run Lemon Saucony Triumph ISO 2

Just a quick, short entry to note that I am running in some new shoes. As I started to get into my current 10K training plan, I happened to notice one night after finishing a run that the mid-sole on the pair of Mizunos I was wearing were showing where they shouldn't be. I checked all four pairs of Mizunos that I have in my rotation and discovered that all of the Mizuno Wave Enigmas had suffered a similar fate due to the outsole wearing out in the heel area. Only the Wave Riders (the newest of the batch) were still ok, though they are showing significant wear. So, time for some new shoes.

Have A Heart (Rate Zone)

Thought I would write up a quick post on a bit of research/self-education I did this past week. This is not anything new in the world of running and there are plenty of websites out there explaining all of this. But it was new to me and if it was new to me, maybe it will be new to someone else. The topic was all about learning how to determine and set a custom heart rate zone for my training runs.

New Year, New Challenge

Coming off a batch of three marathons in a six month period, I think it is time for a bit of a break from the marathon distance. Especially in light of the problems I had with the last one. Even without those challenges though, switching things up and training/running a different distance would be a good idea for me based on all the research I've been doing. This will give me a chance to work on some different muscles and demands on my body. Which in turn, should help when I do return to marathon training for a late year marathon (actual event still to be determined). After searching around, I've decided to try the Growler Gallop Gibbs 10K in late August.

To make things really interesting, I have set a goal of running the 10K in 45 minutes. That translates to an average pace of 7:14 per mile, which I'm really not even sure I can make that for a single mile. My best time for a 10K unofficially is 50:02 or 8:03 per mile. I did that during a speedwork training run for the last marathon I did. The last official time for a 10K is 01:10:20 when I ran one back in March 2016. That was really my first running event on this health journey I am on.